On Jackson Island Huck and Jim are hiding in a cave when a massive storm suddenly breaks loose and devastates the island. All kinds of things float past on the river including a house, in which Jim discovers a dead body. Huck feels unsafe on the island and so disguises himself as a girl and returns to the town. There he finds that a high ransom has been put up for the capture of Jim. Huck and Jim decide that their hiding place on the island has become too dangerous and so they start their journey down the Mississippi on the raft.